Galaxy Cup every 11 years

[Dingo]

ok, if anyone wants to play....

starting in 1976, Earth puts together a team for a clean and recognizable game of hockey vs aliens

9 forwards, 4 defensemen, 1 goalie

everyone that year is healthy, whether its Orr or Kharlamov or anyone else who was prime but dealing with injuries.


IM interested in seeing what you pick, and im trying to learn so im not going to post mine until i read some and adjust.

Then, we also played them in 1987, 1998, 2009, and 2020

looking forward to some lists!

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[tarheelhockey]

Just gonna throw out a 1976 roster and see what sticks... I haven't given this much thought just yet:

Kharlamov - Petrov - Mikhailov
Hull - Esposito - Lafleur
Barber - Clarke - Leach

Orr - Potvin
Park - Salming

Dryden


I'm assuming you want players in their actual positions and not six centermen, etc.

It was a hard choice not to include Vasiliev. He may actually belong there on the second pairing, I'm just not sure.

edit: forgot I could have a 3rd forward line, rearranged things a bit

 

[JackSlater]

1976

Kharlamov Petrov Mikhailov
Yakushev Maltsev Lafleur
Hull Clarke Perreault

Savard Orr
Potvin Salming

Parent

1987

Lemieux Gretzky Kurri
Krutov Larionov Makarov
Tikkanen Messier Bossy

Fetisov Bourque
Howe Coffey

Liut

1998

LeClair Lindros Jagr
Kariya Forsberg Selanne
Sakic Fedorov Bure

Lidstrom Bourque
Stevens MacInnis

Hasek

2009

Zetterberg Crosby Nash
Parise Malkin Iginla
Ovechkin Datsyuk Hossa

Lidstrom Weber
Pronger Chara

Luongo

2020

Draisaitl McDavid MacKinnon
Panarin Matthews Kucherov
Marchand Crosby Bergeron

Josi Pietrangelo
Slavin Hedman

Markstrom

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

1976:

Bobby Hull - Phil Esposito - Guy Lafleur
Valeri Kharlamov - Vladimir Petrov - Boris Mikhailov
Bill Barber - Bobby Clarke - Vladimir Martinec

Denis Potvin - Bobby Orr
Borje Salming - Brad Park

Ken Dryden

1987:

Mario Lemieux - Wayne Gretzky - Jari Kurri
Vladimir Krutov - Igor Larionov - Sergei Makarov
Michel Goulet - Mark Messier - Glenn Anderson

Paul Coffey - Ray Bourque
Slava Fetisov - Alexei Kasatonov

Grant Fuhr

1998 (assuming Lemieux is "retired"):

John Leclair - Eric Lindros - Jaromir Jagr
Peter Forsberg - Joe Sakic - Sergei Fedorov
Paul Kariya - Steve Yzerman - Teemu Selanne

Nicklas Lidstrom - Chris Pronger
Scott Stevens - Rob Blake

Dominik Hasek

2009:

Alexander Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Patrick Kane
Zach Parise - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla
Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Marian Hossa

Nicklas Lidstrom - Sergei Gonchar
Duncan Keith - Zdeno Chara

Martin Brodeur

2020:

Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Mark Stone
Artemi Panarin - Nathan MacKinnon- Nikita Kucherov
Brad Marchand - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron

Victor Hedman - Alex Pietrangelo
Roman Josi - John Carlson

Andrei Vasilevskiy

 

[Dingo]

Just gonna throw out a 1976 roster and see what sticks... I haven't given this much thought just yet:

Kharlamov - Petrov - Mikhailov
Hull - Esposito - Lafleur
Barber - Clarke - Leach

Orr - Potvin
Park - Salming

Dryden


I'm assuming you want players in their actual positions and not six centermen, etc.

It was a hard choice not to include Vasiliev. He may actually belong there on the second pairing, I'm just not sure.

edit: forgot I could have a 3rd forward line, rearranged things a bit

i was wondering about vasiliev, too.

i would say, only in my view, that three real centermen are a must, but it would kill me to see a center moved to the wing.... i feel that usually works out fine, but its up to each poster, really

 

[Dingo]

1976:

Bobby Hull - Phil Esposito - Guy Lafleur
Valeri Kharlamov - Vladimir Petrov - Boris Mikhailov
Bill Barber - Bobby Clarke - Vladimir Martinec

Denis Potvin - Bobby Orr
Borje Salming - Brad Park

Ken Dryden

1987:

Mario Lemieux - Wayne Gretzky - Jari Kurri
Vladimir Krutov - Igor Larionov - Sergei Makarov
Michel Goulet - Mark Messier - Glenn Anderson

Paul Coffey - Ray Bourque
Slava Fetisov - Alexei Kasatonov

Grant Fuhr

1998 (assuming Lemieux is "retired"):

John Leclair - Eric Lindros - Jaromir Jagr
Peter Forsberg - Joe Sakic - Sergei Fedorov
Paul Kariya - Steve Yzerman - Teemu Selanne

Nicklas Lidstrom - Chris Pronger
Scott Stevens - Rob Blake

Dominik Hasek

2009:

Alexander Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Patrick Kane
Zach Parise - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla
Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Marian Hossa

Nicklas Lidstrom - Sergei Gonchar
Duncan Keith - Zdeno Chara

Martin Brodeur

2020:

Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Mark Stone
Artemi Panarin - Nathan MacKinnon- Nikita Kucherov
Brad Marchand - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron

Victor Hedman - Alex Pietrangelo
Roman Josi - John Carlson

Andrei Vasilevskiy

this looks great. tidy, just what i wanted. will take a closer look after dinner

 

[Dingo]

ok - im happy with Vasilevsky in goal, i agree with @TheDevilMadeMe about Brodeur in 09. he was the most solid goalie of the time, and this was a year before Thomas had an unreal statistical year.

Hasek, no question.

now, ive never been a Fuhr fan, there were no great euros in 87... Hextall won the vez, but.... i mean, with xray hindsight glasses we know that the young Roy is all about the big game......

76 is toughest for me. Dryden is The Guy and won the Vez, but didnt he get the boot in the CC?
Tretiak is the other guy, but they bombed pretty hard?
Holocek is the darkhorse guy, and he flat out dominated the worlds, but then got yanked for Dzurilla. This is the only meeting that i was too young to have a feel for the time itself...

 

[Boreal01]

1976

Bobby Hull - Gilbert Perreault - Guy Lafleur
Valeri Kharlamov - Vladimir Petrov - Boris Mikhailov
Bill Barber - Bobby Clarke - Reggie Leach

Bobby Orr - Denis Potvin
Borje Salming - Brad Park

Vladimir Dzurilla

1987

Mark Messier - Wayne Gretzky - Jari Kurri
Vladimir Krutov - Mario Lemieux - Sergei Makarov
Michel Goulet - Doug Gilmour - Joe Mullen

Paul Coffey - Ray Bourque
Slava Fetisov - Al MacInnis

Ron Hextall

1998

John LeClair - Eric Lindros - Jaromir Jagr
Paul Kariya - Peter Forsberg - Teemu Selanne
Peter Bondra - Joe Sakic - Pavel Bure

Nicklas Lidstrom - Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer - Chris Pronger

Dominik Hasek

2009

Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Patrick Kane
Zach Parise - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla
Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Mike Richards

Zdeno Chara - Shea Weber
Nicklas Lidstrom - Chris Pronger

Martin Brodeur

2020

Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Ovechkin - Auston Matthews - Nathan MacKinnon
Brad Marchand - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron

Victor Hedman - Charlie McAvoy
Roman Josi - Dougie Hamilton

Andrei Vasilevskiy

 

[Dingo]

1976

Bobby Hull - Gilbert Perreault - Guy Lafleur
Valeri Kharlamov - Vladimir Petrov - Boris Mikhailov
Bill Barber - Bobby Clarke - Reggie Leach

Bobby Orr - Denis Potvin
Borje Salming - Brad Park

Vladimir Dzurilla

1987

Mark Messier - Wayne Gretzky - Jari Kurri
Vladimir Krutov - Mario Lemieux - Sergei Makarov
Michel Goulet - Doug Gilmour - Joe Mullen

Paul Coffey - Ray Bourque
Slava Fetisov - Al MacInnis

Ron Hextall

1998

John LeClair - Eric Lindros - Jaromir Jagr
Paul Kariya - Peter Forsberg - Teemu Selanne
Peter Bondra - Joe Sakic - Pavel Bure

Nicklas Lidstrom - Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer - Chris Pronger

Dominik Hasek

2009

Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Patrick Kane
Zach Parise - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla
Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Mike Richards

Zdeno Chara - Shea Weber
Nicklas Lidstrom - Chris Pronger

Martin Brodeur

2020

Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Ovechkin - Auston Matthews - Nathan MacKinnon
Brad Marchand - Sidney Crosby - Patrice Bergeron

Victor Hedman - Charlie McAvoy
Roman Josi - Dougie Hamilton

Andrei Vasilevskiy

love this one.

 

[alko]

Nice. But i want to know the names of the opponent team.

One is for sure: Roger

 

[JackSlater]

If the aliens start messing around with time travelling technology:

1965

Delvecchio Beliveau Howe
Mahovlich Mikita Wharram
Hull Richard Provost

Pilote Horton
Laperierre Brewer

Hall

 

[double5son10]

ok - im happy with Vasilevsky in goal, i agree with @TheDevilMadeMe about Brodeur in 09. he was the most solid goalie of the time, and this was a year before Thomas had an unreal statistical year.

Hasek, no question.

now, ive never been a Fuhr fan, there were no great euros in 87... Hextall won the vez, but.... i mean, with xray hindsight glasses we know that the young Roy is all about the big game......

76 is toughest for me. Dryden is The Guy and won the Vez, but didnt he get the boot in the CC?
Tretiak is the other guy, but they bombed pretty hard?
Holocek is the darkhorse guy, and he flat out dominated the worlds, but then got yanked for Dzurilla. This is the only meeting that i was too young to have a feel for the time itself...

No to both questions. Dryden had off season knee surgery, so unavailable for '76 Canada Cup. Tretiak played fine in CC but the Soviets didn't bring full compliment of players. Kharlamov was injured, and the rest of his line, Petrov & Mikhailov stayed home too, as did '72 Summit leaders Yakushev and Shadrin, and their linemate Anisin. So USSR's top two lines from Summit Series not involved in inaugural Canada Cup.

 

[BadgerBruce]

If the aliens start messing around with time travelling technology:

1965

Delvecchio Beliveau Howe
Mahovlich Mikita Wharram
Hull Richard Provost

Pilote Horton
Laperierre Brewer

Hall

If the time-travelling technology works the first time and the aliens decide to keep using it ….

1954

Lindsay Delvecchio Howe
Olmstead. Beliveau Geoffrion
Moore Kennedy Richard

Kelly. Gadsby
Johnson. Harvey

Sawchuk

 

[Dingo]

would Holocek or Novy be on anyone’s radar for 76?

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

would Holocek or Novy be on anyone’s radar for 76?

Goaltender in 1976 was really tough. I definitely considered Holecek; the downside to him is that he wasn't great in very limited games versus NHL players. Of course, Dryden wasn't the best in his international games either. If you said 1975, Parent would be the easy choice, but 1976 was the year he only played 11 games, and was never the same as he was before the injury. I know you said "assume no injuries," but I guess a prime-ending injury is a little different to me than Brodeur's injury in 2009, when he still had one more great season left in him afterwards. I don't think there's a wrong answer this year between Dryden, Holecek, Tretiak, Parent (depending on how you view his injuries), or even Esposito.

Did not consider Novy. I don't think he has a case. One-way player, playing a really deep position (center). Perreault, Ratelle, and Maltsev didn't even make my team. I mean, I guess it wouldn't be totally crazy to take Novy over Petrov in a vacuum, but Petrov with the chemistry just seems easy.

The Czechoslovakian forward I did consider was Jiri Holik - fine two-way LW - the #1 LW on the original leftwing lock team. But I'm not sure he's good enough vs Bill Barber to make up for Barber's chemistry with Clarke.

 

[JackSlater]

would Holocek or Novy be on anyone’s radar for 76?

Holocek yes, but I'd like to see more of his actual play first. I'm not a fan of Dryden or Tretiak so it was pretty wide open for me. I could maybe be convinced in his favour. Didn't consider Novy.

 

[daver]

ok, if anyone wants to play....

starting in 1976, Earth puts together a team for a clean and recognizable game of hockey vs aliens

9 forwards, 4 defensemen, 1 goalie

everyone that year is healthy, whether its Orr or Kharlamov or anyone else who was prime but dealing with injuries.


IM interested in seeing what you pick, and im trying to learn so im not going to post mine until i read some and adjust.

Then, we also played them in 1987, 1998, 2009, and 2020

looking forward to some lists!

Why constitutes "clean" and "recognizable" in 1976 and why the need for this qualification?

 

[Dingo]

Why constitutes "clean" and "recognizable" in 1976 and why the need for this qualification?

because, in the past in threads like this, people have gone down that lane of thinking. Dressing a team of goons under the assumption that the aliens will be intimidated, or asking how big the ice is.
i thought id nip that in the bud right off the bat

 

[daver]

because, in the past in threads like this, people have gone down that lane of thinking. Dressing a team of goons under the assumption that the aliens will be intimidated, or asking how big the ice is.
i thought id nip that in the bud right off the bat

I think some of the team will goon it up anyways, especially after the probing they had to endure.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Nice. But i want to know the names of the opponent team.

One is for sure: Roger

Kang & Kodos from The Simpsons on the blueline.